Category: <span>minipost</span>

Turkey: Police raid TV station and newspaper, detain journalists

by Sara Yasin | 25 Aug 11

On 18 August, police in Istanbul raided the office of newspaper Aydinlik, as well as Ulusal Kanal television station. Officials detained five...

Palestine: Jenin Freedom Theatre faces another attack

by Marta Cooper | 24 Aug 11

The Freedom Theatre in Jenin's refugee camp came under attack by the the Israel Defence Force in the early morning of 22 August. Having been...

Sudan: Copies of newspapers confiscated

by Sara Yasin | 24 Aug 11

Between 20 and 23 August, Al-Jaridah, a Khartoum-based Arabic daily newspaper, had issues confiscated by members of Sudan's National Intelligence...

Tajikistan: BBC reporter claims he was tortured

by Marta Cooper | 24 Aug 11

A BBC World Service reporter who was arrested in Tajikistan this summer has said he was burned with lit cigarettes and beaten while detained....

Palestine: Two journalists arrested by Israeli forces

by Sara Yasin | 24 Aug 11

On August 21, two Palestinian journalists, Usaid Abd Al Majid Amarana, of Al-Aqsa TV, and Amar Abu Urfa, a reporter for Shahab news agency, were...

Kashmir: Two photojournalists beaten and detained during protests

by Sara Yasin | 24 Aug 11

On August 19, two photojournalists, Narciso Contreras and Showkat Shafi, said they were beaten by police and detained for several hours while...

China: Top official issues warning to web portal

by Marta Cooper | 24 Aug 11

Bucking a trend of official anxiety over the explosive growth of microblogs in the country, Beijing's Communist Party Chief urged China's internet...

Venezuela: Satirical magazine censored

by Marta Cooper | 24 Aug 11

A court in Caracas has issued a temporary injunction to prohibit the publication and circulation of satirical magazine 6to Poder after it published...

Paraguay: Journalists on trial for libel and defamation

by Marta Cooper | 24 Aug 11

Three journalists from TV station Canal 9 in Paraguay, and the ex-director of the National Television System, Ismael Hadid, are on trial for...

China: Online censors delete family’s plea for justice

by Marta Cooper | 24 Aug 11

Blog posts of family members asking for justice following their relative’s suspicious death in police custody have been deleted by Chinese censors,...